Steinem told Us Weekly at a New York City gala that she's pleased Parker agreed to appear in the biopic of porn star-turned-activist Linda Lovelace.

"I'm grateful that she wants to do it so much, because of the subject matter - because she understands how important sex trafficking and forced prostitution is," Steinem said, adding: "I'm very honored that she wanted to do it."

Steinem also revealed that she's refrained from speaking with Parker too much about how she'd like to be portrayed in Lovelace.

"All I was thinking about was Linda. It didn't dawn on me that she was playing me. But she said she'd been watching interviews," the feministic icon commented.

"I think that Sex and the City was one of the few pop cultural admissions that friendship among women is crucial and that has really continuing appeal."